Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Large in extent, range, or amount.
- adjective Of or relating to the cultivation of vast areas of land with a minimum of labor or expense.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In agriculture, noting that method of farming or husbandry in which relatively small crops or returns of any kind are taken from large areas with a minimum of labor and expense.
- That may be extended or spread out; extensible.
- Having considerable extent; wide; large; embracing a wide area or a great number of objects; diffusive: as, an extensive farm; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence.
- Pertaining to or characterized by extension in space or in any quantity; having extent or extension.
- Pertaining to logical extension.
- Logical extension.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large; broad; wide; comprehensive
- adjective obsolete Capable of being extended.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In the nature of an
extent ,wide ,widespread .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
- adjective broad in scope or content
- adjective large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
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Examples
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The American Petroleum Institute has been running what it termed an "extensive" TV, radio and print advertising campaign.
Smaller Tax Changes on the Table John D. McKinnon 2011
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A United Nations fact-finding mission investigating the three-week war in Gaza last winter issued a highly critical report on Tuesday detailing what it called extensive evidence that both Israel and Palestinian militant groups took actions amounting to war crimes, and possibly crimes against humanity.
Printing: "The Goldstone Report and the debate in Israel," by Edward C. Corrigan 2010
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A United Nations fact-finding mission investigating the three-week war in Gaza last winter issued a highly critical report on Tuesday detailing what it called extensive evidence that both Israel and Palestinian militant groups took actions amounting to war crimes, and possibly crimes against humanity.
"The Goldstone Report and the debate in Israel," by Edward C. Corrigan 2010
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The paper was prepared by PriceWaterhouseCoopers after what it describes as extensive consultations across the sector and broader community.
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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- Drew Peterson's attorney is trying to get the former police sergeant's murder trial moved out of the county where he's charged because of what he calls extensive and inflammatory ...
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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) -- Drew Peterson's attorney is trying to get the former police sergeant's murder trial moved out of the county where he's charged because of what he calls extensive and inflammatory media coverage.
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Last Friday former state Supreme Court Justice Sandra Newman, a Republican, said at a news conference she has no confidence in the integrity of the electoral process in Pennsylvania as a result of what she termed the extensive voter registration effort by ACORN.
Theodore's World 2008
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The lunar orbiters and the Apollo orbital cameras mapped the moon in extensive detail that has yet to be surpassed in the visible bands.
Remembering Apollo 11 and the Legacy of Apollo - NASA Watch 2009
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Also, many of us maintain extensive friend networks on sites like MySpace and Facebook, and are, therefore, subject to their corporate decisions via “Terms of Service” and click-through agreements.
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How extensive is your research before starting a novel do you need a set level of comfort from your research before you begin to write, or do you do research as you go?
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We are less good at both thinking about and narrativizing extensive evil, wherein real evil is caused by the innumerable small complicities of many people, which are the collective causes of real evils like gentrification, plastics pollution, etc.
The Ghost Did What?! Translation Exposing Providentialist Thinking Ada Palmer 2023
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